Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Film noir"

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Union Station **** (1950, William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,079

Director Rudolph Maté’s suspenseful and entertaining 1950 black and white Paramount Pictures crime drama film noir thriller Union Station is adapted from Thomas Walsh’s Edgar-winning novel Nightmare in Manhattan, and stars William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, […]

Apr, 21

The Sellout **½ (1952, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Thomas Gomez, Everett Sloane, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 12,056

MGM’s 1952 crime film noir The Sellout stars Walter Pidgeon as a big-city newspaper editor who digs the dirt on a corrupt small-town sheriff and finds his life threatened. Audrey Totter also stars notably as […]

Apr, 11

The Green Glove *** (1952, Glenn Ford, Cedric Hardwicke, Geraldine Brooks, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 12,054

The Green Glove (1952) script is by Charles Bennett. The whole stolen bejewelled gauntlet idea is a MacGuffin, which reminds us that Bennett is best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Director Rudolph Maté’s […]

Apr, 10

Lady Scarface *** (1941, Dennis O’Keefe, Judith Anderson, Frances E Neal, Mildred Coles, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 11,998

The redoubtable Judith Anderson is particularly impressive as Chicago lady mobster Slade in the film noir crime thriller Lady Scarface (1941). Director Frank Woodruff’s 1941 RKO Radio Pictures black and white American film noir crime […]

Mar, 11

Cargo to Capetown ** (1950, Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan, Ted de Corsia) – Classic Movie Review 11,909

Director Earl McEvoy’s 1950 American Columbia Pictures black and white crime film noir Cargo to Capetown has a good star crew aboard with Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan and Ted de Corsia. […]

Feb, 06

Bury Me Dead *** (1947, Cathy O’Donnell, June Lockhart, Hugh Beaumont, Mark Daniels) – Classic Movie Review 11,907

Director Bernard Vorhaus’s 1947 American film noir Bury Me Dead is a preposterous, but very decently plotted and more than acceptably acted little mystery thriller, with a wealthy heroine called Barbara Carlin (June Lockhart), who understandably wants […]

Feb, 05

The Unfaithful **** (1947, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott, Lew Ayres, Eve Arden, Steven Geray, Jerome Cowan, John Hoyt) – Classic Movie Review 11,880

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1947 Warner Bros black and white film noir romantic crime drama The Unfaithful is a loose uncredited remake of Somerset Maugham’s 1927 play The Letter, with a new original screenplay by David […]

Jan, 24

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